Black Haven
We will find another road to glory!!!
So they finally decided to remove that Confederate statue from memphis
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We will find another road to glory!!!
Memphis to remove Confederate statues overnight following sale of public parks
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Ryan Poe, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
16 seconds ago
MEMPHIS — The city of Memphis sold two public parks containing Confederate monuments to a private entity Wednesday in a massive operation to take the statues down overnight.
The Memphis City Council unanimously approved the sale to an unknown entity without disclosing the details of what they were voting on and within minutes Memphis police officers had deployed to the statues of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest in Health Sciences Park and of President Jefferson Davis in Fourth Bluff Park.
October 5, 2017 - Following the August 12 events in Charlottesville, VA, where a white nationalist rally left 34 people injured and one person dead, 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer, urgent calls have been made for the removal of Confederate statues and monuments. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center's 'Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy' report, there are at least 1,503 Confederate symbols in public spaces, including monuments, statues, markers and plaques. Three of those monuments are in Shelby County, two of which include the Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest statues in city parks in downtown Memphis. William Weddendorf, a 72-year-old retiree from Bartlett, strongly feels the monuments should remain standing, especially Nathan Bedford Forrest's monument, the former slave trader, Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan member. "To have this gorgeous statue taken down as a magnificent art form and moved to the shadows of Elmwood Cemetery, where it would never be seen, to me is a travesty of the work of art we have," Weddendorf said. "This type of art form is very limited and is a unique form of artistic expression. It is beautifully done. So, I believe the statue should stay where it is."
Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal
Mayor Jim Strickland, who signed the ordinance to sell the parks within an hour after the vote, released this statement on his social media accounts shortly after 6 p.m.:
"Health Sciences Park and Memphis Park have been sold. Operations on those sites tonight are being conducted by a private entity and are compliant with state law. We will have further updates later tonight."
December 20, 2017 - Memphis police officers barricade the perimeter surrounding the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue at Health Sciences Park on Wednesday evening.
Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal
Cranes were spotted at the Forrest statue around 6 p.m. but none at Davis as of 6:30 p.m.
Memphis police quickly deployed from the riverfront area near the Interstate 40 welcome center in Downtown and cordoned off the parks with yellow crime scene tape.
Mayor Jim Strickland has long said he would consider any "legal" options for removing the statues, but wouldn't say whether he considered immediate removal an option.
The vote Wednesday followed months of frustration for city officials fighting against the state's reams of red tape that kept the statues in place despite a wave of public opposition. Council member Edmund Ford Jr. proposed a substitute ordinance that was approved without being read before or immediatley after the vote, leaving the crowd in the dark.
December 20, 2017 - Workers prepare to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue from Health Sciences Park on Wednesday evening.
Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal
The Tennessee Historical Commission voted Oct. 13 to deny the city's application to remove the Forrest statue, prompting the administration to appeal the decision to Chancery Court and, separately, to argue before an administrative law judge that the city has the authority to remove the statue without a waiver. The city filed for a waiver before the state legislature expanded the scope of Tennessee Heritage Protection Act in 2016 to include monuments of historical figures.
The administration supports removing both the Forrest statue and a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, although action on Davis is still pending.
The City Council, then-council member Strickland included, voted in 2015 to remove the Forrest statue and to move the graves of he and his wife back to their original burial plot in Elmwood Cemetery.
The Forrest statue, installed in 1904, has a long and controversial history in Memphis. Forrest was, in his later life, a pillar of Memphis society who helped steer the city toward its defining industry of shipping. But he was also a pre-war slave trader, alleged war criminal, and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan — a group he later renounced.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/971882001
Ryan Poe, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
16 seconds ago
MEMPHIS — The city of Memphis sold two public parks containing Confederate monuments to a private entity Wednesday in a massive operation to take the statues down overnight.
The Memphis City Council unanimously approved the sale to an unknown entity without disclosing the details of what they were voting on and within minutes Memphis police officers had deployed to the statues of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest in Health Sciences Park and of President Jefferson Davis in Fourth Bluff Park.
October 5, 2017 - Following the August 12 events in Charlottesville, VA, where a white nationalist rally left 34 people injured and one person dead, 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer, urgent calls have been made for the removal of Confederate statues and monuments. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center's 'Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy' report, there are at least 1,503 Confederate symbols in public spaces, including monuments, statues, markers and plaques. Three of those monuments are in Shelby County, two of which include the Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest statues in city parks in downtown Memphis. William Weddendorf, a 72-year-old retiree from Bartlett, strongly feels the monuments should remain standing, especially Nathan Bedford Forrest's monument, the former slave trader, Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan member. "To have this gorgeous statue taken down as a magnificent art form and moved to the shadows of Elmwood Cemetery, where it would never be seen, to me is a travesty of the work of art we have," Weddendorf said. "This type of art form is very limited and is a unique form of artistic expression. It is beautifully done. So, I believe the statue should stay where it is."
Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal
Mayor Jim Strickland, who signed the ordinance to sell the parks within an hour after the vote, released this statement on his social media accounts shortly after 6 p.m.:
"Health Sciences Park and Memphis Park have been sold. Operations on those sites tonight are being conducted by a private entity and are compliant with state law. We will have further updates later tonight."
December 20, 2017 - Memphis police officers barricade the perimeter surrounding the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue at Health Sciences Park on Wednesday evening.
Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal
Cranes were spotted at the Forrest statue around 6 p.m. but none at Davis as of 6:30 p.m.
Memphis police quickly deployed from the riverfront area near the Interstate 40 welcome center in Downtown and cordoned off the parks with yellow crime scene tape.
Mayor Jim Strickland has long said he would consider any "legal" options for removing the statues, but wouldn't say whether he considered immediate removal an option.
The vote Wednesday followed months of frustration for city officials fighting against the state's reams of red tape that kept the statues in place despite a wave of public opposition. Council member Edmund Ford Jr. proposed a substitute ordinance that was approved without being read before or immediatley after the vote, leaving the crowd in the dark.
December 20, 2017 - Workers prepare to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue from Health Sciences Park on Wednesday evening.
Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal
The Tennessee Historical Commission voted Oct. 13 to deny the city's application to remove the Forrest statue, prompting the administration to appeal the decision to Chancery Court and, separately, to argue before an administrative law judge that the city has the authority to remove the statue without a waiver. The city filed for a waiver before the state legislature expanded the scope of Tennessee Heritage Protection Act in 2016 to include monuments of historical figures.
The administration supports removing both the Forrest statue and a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, although action on Davis is still pending.
The City Council, then-council member Strickland included, voted in 2015 to remove the Forrest statue and to move the graves of he and his wife back to their original burial plot in Elmwood Cemetery.
The Forrest statue, installed in 1904, has a long and controversial history in Memphis. Forrest was, in his later life, a pillar of Memphis society who helped steer the city toward its defining industry of shipping. But he was also a pre-war slave trader, alleged war criminal, and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan — a group he later renounced.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/971882001
Lil Debbie
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Watching it on the news now
Bout damn time
Hated driving past that ugly shyt every time we was going downtown or on beale street
They been stalling on it now for a minute. Seemed like about an hour ago they actually had the crane hook on it and then they took it off. Now it's just been people talking for the last hour.
Can't wait to see this shyt come down but i'm also disappointed I won't be in town for MLK50. I'll be back at school in bum ass mufressboro then so I won't be able to participate at any of the events in April.
Bout damn time
Hated driving past that ugly shyt every time we was going downtown or on beale street
They been stalling on it now for a minute. Seemed like about an hour ago they actually had the crane hook on it and then they took it off. Now it's just been people talking for the last hour.
Can't wait to see this shyt come down but i'm also disappointed I won't be in town for MLK50. I'll be back at school in bum ass mufressboro then so I won't be able to participate at any of the events in April.
Black Haven
We will find another road to glory!!!
Tami sawyer really out here doing work
King of Creampies
Hop in. You coming too!
Richard Spencer is somewhere reading this mad as fukk 
Great. Hope the city works on the power dynamic of 30% controlling the 70% Black population.
What is this?
If they are doing more of this I Have a Dream fetishizing, they can keep it.
MLK 50 | A Commemmoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. King died trying to get economic freedom, not recording We Are The World.
They should be mobilizing black people for legislation.
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Lil Debbie
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Agreed I saw something saying they were going to be doing something for the “Where Do We Go From Here” speech which is much better than the cliched ass “I Have A Dream” but seeing as how we in Memphis idk why they won’t do something for the “I Have Been to the Mountaintop” speech since that was the one he gave the night before they killed him.
I’m willing to give a lot of this MLK50 stuff a chance but if they are going to continue with the black santa claus narrative they’ve stuck on him i’ll probably just say fukk it. Man was basically a nonviolent Malcolm before he died and was against capitalism, militarism and racism and grew to despise white liberals almost as much as Malcolm but all they can talk about is “little black boys and little black girls holding hands.”
Also agreed that this should be mobilizing us for legislation. They really need to do something productive with this not just celebrate.
Agreed I saw something saying they were going to be doing something for the “Where Do We Go From Here” speech which is much better than the cliched ass “I Have A Dream” but seeing as how we in Memphis idk why they won’t do something for the “I Have Been to the Mountaintop” speech since that was the one he gave the night before they killed him.
I’m willing to give a lot of this MLK50 stuff a chance but if they are going to continue with the black santa claus narrative they’ve stuck on him i’ll probably just say fukk it. Man was basically a nonviolent Malcolm before he died and was against capitalism, militarism and racism and grew to despise white liberals almost as much as Malcolm but all they can talk about is “little black boys and little black girls holding hands.”
Also agreed that this should be mobilizing us for legislation. They really need to do something productive with this not just celebrate.
I'm just not for all the soft shoeing if we really supposed to honor Dr. King
xoxodede
Superstar
Thanks for letting us know! That thing is SCARY and this dude had a "Negro Mart."
Is it this one?
Is it this one?
Black Haven
We will find another road to glory!!!
Thanks for letting us know! That thing is SCARY and this dude had a "Negro Mart."
Is it this one?
no it was this one
